April 11, 2024
Extra, extra, read all about it!
I made a version of this crossword for a scholarship a couple of years ago, and revised it for publication...
Caleb Shenk Executive editor (Fall 2023)
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April 4, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 4/4
ACROSS 1. One of three important celestial orbs for April 8 4. Friend of Thumper and Flower 6. No longer...
April 4, 2024
Word Ladder: 4/4
The following clues are for two-word phrases. The last word in each phrase will be carried to the first word...
March 21, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 3/21
ACROSS 1. The Record, for example 6. Reproductive parts of flowers 8. Insect that can eat 50 aphids a day...
March 21, 2024
Word Ladder 2
When moving up or down the ladder, each word will have one (and only one) letter replaced at a time....
March 21, 2024
Word Ladder 1
The following clues are for two-word phrases. The last word in each phrase will be carried to the first word...
March 14, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 3/14
ACROSS 1. Run ___ (go wild) 5. “Qué ___?” 6. International Women’s History month 7. Times New Roman alternative 8....
February 22, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 2/22
ACROSS 1. Chisel 5. *Word anagrammed an appropriate amount of times in this puzzle 7. Footwear hard to run in...
February 15, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 2/15
ACROSS 1. <3 6. Ellen ___, first Hispanic woman in space 7. Final authority 8. Subjects of Pulitzer-prize winning novel...
February 1, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 2/1
ACROSS 1. ___ History Month, chosen in February due to Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays 6. Mario’s sidekick who...
January 25, 2024
Crossword with Caleb: 1/25
ACROSS 1. ___ Profundi, GC low voices choir 4. Exchange pleasantries virtually 7. Voices of the ___, GC high voices...
Funnies • crosswords • funnies
January 18, 2024
Crosswords with Caleb: 1/18
ACROSS 1. TIME magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year 6. Golfer Palmer, to fans 7. Send to attack 8. Publicity...
November 30, 2023
Gratitude overflowing
The final editorial of the semester has a tried-and-true pattern, often offering encomiums and a love letter to journalism —...
November 30, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 11/30
ACROSS 1. With 8-Across, it falls during winter 5. Put on the payroll 7. “Tattered Tom” author Horatio 8. See...
November 9, 2023
Enrollment dip, national trends hit humanities
With 695 students in traditional undergraduate programs and a freshmen class of 156 students, President Rebecca Stoltzfus is “dissatisfied” with...
November 9, 2023
Leichty ’96 elected mayor
Candidates affiliated with Goshen College were well-represented in the city elections last Tuesday. Of the 18 candidates, eight were affiliated...
November 9, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 11/9
ACROSS 1. With 7-Across, device invented before the car 5. Vice president Agnew who resigned from office in 1973 6....
November 2, 2023
Faculty debate dropping philosophy minor
If you go to the Goshen College webpage for the philosophy minor and click on the “faculty & staff” associated...
November 2, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 11/2
ACROSS 1. Tweet alternative? 6. ___ Elise Goldsberry, portrayer of Angelica Schuyler in the original “Hamilton” cast 7. Chocolate mint...
October 26, 2023
An appreciation for leaves
As the seasons change, I often find it hard to remember the previous one — with the first drop...
October 26, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 10/26
ACROSS 1. Notes before dos, in solfege 4. Chamomile and earl grey, for example 5. Have a lavish meal 6....
October 12, 2023
News and neighbors
At the beginning of my second semester of college, two-and-a-half years ago, I was tasked with writing a piece for...
October 12, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 10/12
ACROSS 1. With 6-Across, fall dessert with cinnamon and streusel topping 6. See 1-Across 7. “Hidden Figures” actress Janelle 8....
October 5, 2023
Poetry garden for ‘food and fellowship’
With the rerouting of campus diners to the Leaf Raker, foot traffic has increased for a new feature on campus:...
October 5, 2023
Everlasting sweat
One thing I’ve been thinking about this week is my grandpa’s sweat. Well, not specifically my grandpa’s sweat, but the...
October 5, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 10/5
ACROSS 1. Mascot whose first birthday is this Saturday 5. Reading material you can’t dog-ear 7. Indigenous rights or climate...
September 28, 2023
Crosswords behind the scenes
When people hear that I make crossword puzzles with the help of a computer program, they’re usually surprised by how...
September 28, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb: 9/28
ACROSS 1. Yukon S.U.V. maker 4. Money, in other words 6. Itty bitty 7. Protagonist in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” 8....
September 14, 2023
Cultivating and being cultivated
After getting back from studying in Ecuador this summer, I had four weeks at home before I moved into college....
September 14, 2023
Video games in library mark shift in services
Where before there were shelves of magazines, old copies of New York Times book reviews and hundreds of DVDs, the...
September 8, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 9/7
ACROSS 1. Theme from Wednesday’s convo: “___ Synergy” 6. World’s busiest airport from 1963-1998 7. A violinist’s or gymnast’s need...
September 8, 2023
Fresh flowers and faces
I just love the start of a school year. The anticipation and built-up energy are perennially rejuvenating, and I find...
April 13, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 4/13
ACROSS 1. With 5-Down, GC class session starting in 20 days 4. “Pics ___ didn’t happen!” 6. Fights it out...
April 6, 2023
Students protest housing policy after 33 waitlisted
Around 60 students gathered at Schrock Plaza at 10 a.m. today to protest this year’s surge in students waitlisted to...
March 30, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 3/30
ACROSS 1. Music star currently on her “Eras Tour” — her first in five years 6. Album released in 2019...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
March 23, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb (3/23)
ACROSS 1. Women’s history month 6. For mature audiences 7. Deck of cards used for predicting 8. Muscle pain that...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
March 16, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 3/16
ACROSS 1. Type of rally that might precede a sports event 4. Some black-tie parties 6. “Aida” or “La Traviata”...
February 23, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 2/23
ACROSS 1. Flavorful citrus bits 6. Prepare for 7. Easiest type of ski slope 8. Title chameleon of a 2011...
February 16, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 2/16
ACROSS 1. TV button: abbr. 4. Spanish bear 5. Plant-based sugar alternative 7. Salad veggies 8. Shape of many candies...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • funnies
February 2, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 2/2
ACROSS 1. Rank above cpl. 4. House work? 6. Ecuadorian goodbye 8. Mario and Luigi’s sidkick 9. Convertible roof type...
January 19, 2023
Crosswords with Caleb 1/19
ACROSS 1. Questions 5. Baking ingredient 7. Slow and plodding, in music 8. “Please, have ___” 9. It might have...
December 8, 2022
‘She Said’ moves from silence to story
In a compelling combination of a #MeToo exposé and high stakes reporting, “She Said” follows two New York Times reporters...
December 8, 2022
When Harvard feels at home in Goshen
For Yudiria Garcia, studying virtually at Harvard University last summer was “overwhelming at first.” “Imposter syndrome was real,” Garcia said....
December 2, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb 12/1
Scroll down for the answers. ACROSS 1. GC’s annual winter music extravaganza, for short 4. One of the Three B’s...
November 11, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. What 40.7 million people did early for the midterm election 5. President currently building a library in Chicago...
November 3, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
Scroll down for answers. ACROSS 1. Namesake of GC’s library, home to 104,648 physical books and 548,293 e-books 5. Vibes...
October 28, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1 One option for Halloween 6 Type of numeral or candle 7 Between, en français 8 Acobat’s platform? 9...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • xword
October 13, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. “I can’t f-f-feel my t-t-toes!” 4. Part of Australia seeing the impacts of climate change 6. ___ dirt...
Funnies • crossword • crosswords • xword
October 13, 2022
Alumni come home, rekindle relationships
Goshen College alumni returned to campus last weekend for Homecoming, celebrating their class reunions and catching up with old friends. ...
News • alumni • Homecoming
October 7, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
scroll down for answers ACROSS: 1. They lose weight during the fall 6. Egg, in Madrid 7. Explanation for a...
October 7, 2022
Pickleball movement finds an home in Goshen
For those who haven’t played pickleball, first assumptions generally follow a pattern: “What kind of name is that?” said Andrew...
September 30, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
Scroll down for answers. ACROSS: 1. Clump 4. Place on campus where one might have foam at the mouth, for...
Funnies • crosswords • funnies
September 16, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
Scroll to the bottom for the answers. ACROSS 1. Autumn-blooming flower that’s often white or purple 6. “__ to break...
Funnies • 2223cw • crosswords
September 15, 2022
Elizabeth Miller begins work as the new director of ISGA and MHL
As the new director of the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) as well as the Mennonite Historical...
News • faculty • Good Library • Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism • ISGA • Mennonite Historical Library • MHL
September 8, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
Across: 1. Theme of GC’s opening convocation, with 9-Across 5. How some estimates start 7. ___ Dame 8. Visibly dizzy,...
April 15, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Sign of spring 6. What gardeners often do to trees in early spring 7. Fuses together 8. News...
April 14, 2022
GC hires four new faculty members
Next year, there will be some new faces at the front of classrooms. Goshen College has hired four new faculty...
News • Bible and Religion • faculty • Nursing
March 31, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Live tweet? 6. Introvert, to the extreme 7. Actor’s comment to the audience 8. Hostess’s handouts 9. Computer...
March 25, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. With 1-Down, game whose name comes from its sound 5. “America’s Finest News Source,” with “The” 7. Cucko...
March 25, 2022
International Student Club Coffeehouse back in full swing
Thirty-nine flags, 30 performers, 12 acts, three hosts, and what one performer called a “flamboyant” audience of over 320 people...
News • international student coffeehouse • International Students • performing arts
March 17, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. *Phony 5. Opposite of urban 7. “Waiter, I’d like to see ___” (2 wds.) 8. Drive-in chain 9....
March 17, 2022
Globe Radio named Best in Nation
Goshen College’s radio station, 91.1FM The Globe (WGCS), won best college station in the nation (enrollment under 10,000) this year...
March 17, 2022
Baltimore SST focuses on immigration
Next fall, Goshen College will send off its first split-semester Study-Service Term (SST) unit, with participants spending half of the...
March 17, 2022
Ukraine crisis affects GC community
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has intensified in the last couple of weeks; while thousands of miles away, the conflict...
February 25, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Schools often have a spring one and a fall one 6. Word that means rainforest in both English...
February 25, 2022
Visas finally approved for Indonesia SST group
After months of waiting in limbo and much back-and-forth with the Indonesian consulate, the Indonesia Study Service Term group will...
February 17, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
DOWN 1. “Shucks, imagine that!” 2. Lend ___ 3. Gaze that might “shoot daggers” 4. Row of shrubs 5. “Ender’s...
February 17, 2022
Driven by young talent, Globe Media receives 19 nominations
Globe Media is looking for another dominant year in the annual Intercollegiate Broadcast Systems (IBS) awards. Goshen College students have...
February 17, 2022
Merry Lea summit to tackle climate burnout
Merry Lea’s annual sustainability summit will return this Saturday after a year off. In years past, up to 50 attendees...
February 11, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Gross things, in slang 5. It does not contain blue blood, despite a common misconception 6. Ice, in...
January 28, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb Shenk
ACROSS 1. Reactions to cute puppies 4. Biblical king before David 6. “Already on it” 8. Type of board 9....
January 20, 2022
Crosswords with Caleb Shenk
ACROSS 1. Civil rights organization founded in 1957, of which 7-Down was its first president 5. Follow closely 6. Most...
January 20, 2022
Newcomer renovations: A bright spot for community
Students have likely noticed new furniture, flooring and study areas in Newcomer. The renovations that took place over winter break...
January 20, 2022
Omicron spreads on campus, variant less severe
Omicron, the newest COVID-19 variant, is spreading through campus like no variant before. Since the start of winter break, over...
December 3, 2021
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Cause for a school day off 5.Musical pitches, perhaps for a Christmas song 7. Spots 8. Vents 9. Bucks’...
November 11, 2021
Crosswords with Caleb
DOWN 1. Compost pile aid 2. Part of a drum set 3. Japanese dog breed 4. Introverted type 5. Those,...
November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021
GC hosts a Super show
Mike Super, a widely renowned magician, performed at Goshen College last weekend. Super is a winner of the NBC magic...
News • CAC • performing arts
October 14, 2021
Bike thefts go unsolved
At least three bicycles were stolen from the Goshen College campus in the past month. Campus security and the Goshen...
October 14, 2021
Crosswords with Caleb
ACROSS 1. Doofuses 5. See 3-Down 6. “Strangely enough…” 7. Instagram feature that mimics Tiktok 8. Triage centers, for short...
September 16, 2021
Crosswords with Caleb 9.16
ACROSS 1. Mode of transportation 4. Prefer 6. Alpha and 7. Previously aired show 8. Was a little too sweet...
September 9, 2021
Millrace drained for dam repairs
The Goshen Dam Pond has a new look: cracked mud, dried aquatic plants and fish carcasses cover the area that...
September 9, 2021
April 16, 2021
April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021
Clothesline project brings attention to sexual assault awareness month
In support of the Clothesline Project, GC’s Prevention Intervention Network (PIN) hung T-shirts in Schrock Plaza last weekend during sexual...
April 9, 2021
March 25, 2021
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
Vandals strike campus for a second time
In another episode of vandalism, the underpass, Recreation-Fitness Center and Music Center were graffitied with obscenities, just weeks after the...
March 12, 2021
Recent vandalism on campus
Three weekends ago, the Goshen College campus was hit with what campus safety director Chad Coleman said was probably the...
February 19, 2021
February 11, 2021
Some GC students will be eligible for $1,400 stimulus checks
President Joe Biden’s plan for the third stimulus package, called the American Recovery Act, will for the first time provide...
February 1, 2021
January 28, 2021
Goshen College receives favorable reviews for early Covid-19 response
In the results of a recently released survey, Goshen College students indicated significantly higher satisfaction rates with the college’s COVID-19...
January 21, 2021
Insurrection, impeachment, inauguration
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort spurred on by former President Donald Trump...
November 12, 2020
Crosswords with Caleb – 11/12/20
ACROSS Like a hockey rink Peeve Hot flashes? Toy that hurts when stepped on barefoot Unknown author, for short ...
November 5, 2020
Crosswords with Caleb – 11/05/20
ACROSS Response to election uncertainty How many electoral maps convey results Finish with (2 wds.) Dirties Response to election uncertainty...
October 22, 2020
Crosswords with Caleb 10/22/2020
ACROSS It ain’t nothin but a number, as the saying goes Red, amber, or orange The Hunter constellation Harvests the...